CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Forbes Global 2000 companies are failing to adopt key domain security measures, exposing them to significant security risks, according to CSC’s Domain Security Report 2022. The data follows Akamai research from August , which discovered increased malicious domain activity and phishing toolkit reuse based on DNS data.

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DNS Phishing Authentication Risk 77

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Despite a surge in dangerous third-party domain registrations, domain security is an underused security tactic that can help curb phishing and related ransomware attacks, according to the CSC’s Domain Security Report focused on the world’s largest companies.

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Phishing Ransomware DNS Malware 119

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The researchers observed C2 infrastructure relying on dynamic DNS domains masquerading as Ukrainian telecommunication service providers.

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Malware Telecommunications DNS Hacking 103

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A recent domain hijack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.com was used to spoof the company in a spear-phishing campaign.

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Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

. ” The report’s findings are gathered using CSC’s newly launched DomainSec SM platform , which makes the connections between newly registered, dropped, and existing domain names, online brands, and fraud (phishing). At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power.

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Artificial Intelligence Phishing Technology DNS 52

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Lou Cipher — Barry Schlossberg, aka Lou Cipher, successfully extorts $1.4 2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! He is arrested and sentenced to 20 months in prison.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135